Unit 14 the world cup reading

Today the final tournament of the World Cup has--- teams.. The final match of the 2002 World Cup attracted a television audience of over --- billion viewers.. championship of the spor

GV: PHẠM ĐOÀN THANH DUNG 20/3/2007

Listen to the song :

1.What is the name of the song?

 The Cup of Life

2 What is the song about?

 The song is about football

or World Cup.

1 Where was the 2002 World Cup

held?

The 2002 World Cup was held in

South Korea and Japan

2 Which team became the champion?

competition,

BRAZIL BECAME THE CHAMPION

3 Which team was the runner-up?

Runner-up: a person/team comes second,

after the champion.

 Germany was the runner-up.

4 How often is the World Cup held?

A Every 2 years

B Every 3 years

C Every 4 years

D Every 5 years

1930

1934

UNIT 14: THE WORLD CUP

A Reading

Read the passage and underline new words

Listen to the tape

New words

Liên đoàn bóng đá thế giới

1 FIFA:

Fe’de’ration Internationale de Football

Association (French)

Symbol of FIFA

2 Gain a victory over :

E.g Brazil gained a victory over

Germany in the 2002 World Cup

3 Defeat (v):

E.g Italy defeated France and became the winner in the 2006 World Cup

đánh bại, thắng

1 FIFA (abbr): /’fi:fE/

2 Gain a victory over/'vIktEri/

A B

1 jointly a a competition in which players

compete against each other in a series of games until there is a winner.

2 The globe b Involving two or more people or

groups

3

Tournament c The world

4 Host nation d A prize for winning a competition

5 trophy e A country that provides the

necessary space facilities, etc for a special event.

TASK 1

1 Jointly (adv) /'dCJIntli /

2 The globe (n) /glEFb/

3 Tournament (n) /'tFEnEmEnt/

4 Host nation (n) /hEFst 'nBG(E)n/

5 Trophy (n) / 'trEFf/

TASK 2

Complete each of the following sentences with a word or a number.

Task 2

1 Only - teams competed in the first

World Cup.

2 Today the final tournament of the World

Cup has - teams.

3 The team which was defeated in the first

World Cup was -.

4 The final match of the 2002 World Cup

attracted a television audience of over

- billion viewers.

5 After FIFA’s first meeting, - years had

passed before the first World Cup was held

in Uruguay.

13

32

Argentinaone

26

TASK 3

Decide whether the fo

llowing statements are true or

false Correct the false ones

championship of the sport.

4.Germany and Brazil played in the final

match of the 2002 World Cup

5.Brazil is the country that has played

five times in the World Cup

1.The first World Cup was held in

2.The World Cup is held every two years.

2.The World Cup is held every four years

F

3.The World Cup is regarded as the world championship of the sport.

T

4.Germany and Brazil played in the final match of the 2002 World Cup.

Vs

T

5.Brazil is the country that has played five

times in the World Cup

F

 Brazil is the country that has won the World Cup five times.

AFTER YOU READ

Talk about the events mentioned

in the passage, using the

following figures

193017

322002

compete in the elimination games within their own religions before coming one of the …….finalists.

193017

322002

•1904 is the year when FIFA was set up.

13 is the number of the teams took part in the first tournament.

17 is the number of World Cup tournaments that the world had witnessed by 2002.

32 is the number of national football teams

become the finalists.

1930 is the year when the first World Cup was held.

held by Japan and South Korea.

Learn by heart new words

Rewrite the events mentioned in the passage, using the provided figures.

Prepare part Speaking

THE GLOBE

TROPHY

SAD HAPPY

WINNER